Record ID: WMID-DF2B44
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tool of prehistoric date, probably Neolithic, and probably a knife. The tool appears to have been formed from an irregular waste piece. There is evidence for slight retouch along one sharp edge, and this was probably used as a slicing blade. The flint has a pale grey patina.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DEFEB4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large irregular piece of flint waste. It does not appear to have been worked, but worked flints and a ground Neolithic axe have been recovered from the immediate area in which it was found.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-CB9DF2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone axe dating from the Neolithic period. The axe has been ground from a fine grained igneous greenstone, probably from a volcanic ash deposit. The patina of the surface of the axe is a green/grey, whilst damage shows a dark grey interior. The surface of the axe is quite badly scuffed, chipped and scarred in places, probably a result of plough damage. The axe measures 305.55 mm long, and is 51.12 wide at its widest, tapering to 25 mm wide at the haft end. It is 32 mm thick at its thickest and weighs 29.07 grams. There are clear facets on either edge. The axehead would have been haf…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: WMID-C579F7
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
A knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age. Mass: 1.2g. Length: 22mm; extant width: 18mm. Thickness: 4mm. The off-white/grey flint arrowhead is sub-triangular in plan, with two notches in the basal area either side of a central tang, forming a barb to one side, but the second barb is missing. The arrowhead has invasive retouch on the dorsal face. The flatter ventral face only has retouch on the tip and the barb and notches in the basal area. In "Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics", Bond (2004, p.205)…
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
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Record ID: WMID-C5A316
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
Knapped flint barbed and tange arrowhead. Probably Late Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age. Mass: 1.5g. Length: 26mm; extant width: 17mm. Thickness: 4mm. Grey patinated flint. Made on a re-used flake, as the surface is not patinated around the edges where it has been retouched. The tanged arrowhead appears to have lost some material from its tip, and also at the ends of the wings - and so the original form is unclear.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dudley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C5C536
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone flake, possibly from a Neolithic polished stone axe. Mass: 4g, length: 30mm, width: 22mm, thickness: 6mm. Off white grey ?chert. The flake has a curved surface on c. 20% of the dorsal face, which has a smooth, lustrous appearance which may have been polished. There are also negative flake scars on the dorsal face. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dudley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-4C0064
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint leaf arrowhead (length: 34.1mm; width: 21.9mm; thickness: 6.5mm; weight: 5.14g), dating to the early-late Neolithic period between c. 4000-2200 BC. The arrowhead has been extensively re-touched along the edges and has a rounded but flat base heading up to a point in a tear-drop shape. This example looks very similar to those classified as Types 1A & 2A in Green, 1980, pages 69-70. The arrowhead is in a good condition.
Created on: Friday 13th May 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Record ID: WMID-C410F3
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment of a probable polished stone axehead, dating to the Neolithic period (length: 83mm; width: 37.2mm; thickness: 14.9mm; weight: 63.92g). This probable artefact appears to have been made of an igneous rock, possible dolerite. There are various recent scratches on the polished surface.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C27B18
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished stone axe, dating to the Neolithic period ( length: 75.3mm; width: 37.9mm; thickness: 21.1mm; weight: 82.06g). This finely grained stone could be sandstone or siltstone, as it also has a soft texture. There are various recent scratch marks on the surface, but no extensive evidence of use, posibly indicating that the artefact may not have been used.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID134
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 1998
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST MIDLANDS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1793B7
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unfinished roughout for a flint axehead, dating to the Neolithic period. The wedge shaped roughout has been bifacially flaked around its edges and some flaking has been undertaken further into the body of the flint. The butt is still very thick and the roughout seems to have been abandoned before this part of the axe was refined. Much cortex remains on both faces and on the butt and sides of the roughout. It is not immediately clear why the axehead was abandoned before it was finished, although as the butt is still very thick it may be that the desired shape for the axehead was simp…
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: WAW-BCDF95
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic (c. 4000 B.C. – c. 2350 B.C.) combination tool, comprising a backed knife, scraper and a worked point. Manufactured on a secondary flake of un-patinated dark grey flint. The thicker, lateral edge on the dorsal face has the remains of the cortex and has been invasively retouched to blunt it to facilitate handling the tool. The opposing edge, used for cutting, has utilisation wear along its length. The proximal end has the bulb of percussion and has been modified to produce a worked point. Abrupt retouch around the distal end has resulted in a small end scraper. Overal…
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2023
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Record ID: WMID-CC02B0
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint tool and possible scraper (length: 55.7mm; width: 45.8mm; thickness: 45.9mm; weight: 38.14g). On the ventral side (lower face) of the flint, there is a clear bulb of percussion, but no ripples or 'lunettes' are visible radiatting away from the impact. There is a eraillure scar and possible radial scars just below the striking platform and by the bulb. There seems to further working done at the bottom right handside, which may indicate this flint was used as a scraper. To the bottom left on the ventral side, there is a recent break.There is one main arrise running fr…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-D443C4
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete rounded, ovate quartzite pebble of probable Mesolithic date (c . 9000 - 4000 BC). One end has considerable surface damage due to the stone being utilised as a hard hammer stone. Found in an area of intense Mesolithic activity that has produced a large quantity of debitage and blade cores along with typical Mesolithic tool types. The overall dimensions are as follows: 56mm in length, 54mm in width, 41mm in thickness and 198g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: WAW-DF9EC3
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete microlith dating to the Mesolithic period (c. 9000 B.C. – c. 4000 B.C.). Manufactured on a tertiary bladelet of white patinated flint. The complete left hand edge of the dorsal face has abrupt, parallel retouch which continues around the obliquely truncated proximal end. Overall dimensions: 17mm in length, 4.7mm in width, 2.5mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2022
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Record ID: WMID-5621F1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint broken blade of probable Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The flint is brown in colour with an area of cortex on the left side, just before the break. The bulb of percussion and striking platform are clearly visible on the ventral face at the proximal end of the flint. There is fine retouch, predominantly applied from the ventral face on the right edge of the flint. The fairly even patina of the flint suggests that the break is ancient rather than recent. The flint may have been used as a cutting blade. It probably ranges in date from 8300 to circa 3000 BC.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2010
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Record ID: WMID-C5FE51
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade. Mesolithic (probably). Mass: 0.6g, length: 24mm, width: 9mm, thickness: 4mm. Dark grey flint. Retouch on the point on the dorsal face.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dudley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C4DEC4
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three flint cores. Probably mesolithic: 1. Mass: 13.0g; length: 20.0mm; width: 29.0mm, thickness: 26.0mm; off-white/grey flint; sub-conical with a slightly convex, patinated striking platform; inverse blade scars on the tapering surfaces of the core, 5% cortex. 2. Mass: 13.4g; length: 29mm; width: 24mm, thickness: 15mm; grey flint; prepared striking platform and inverse blade scars on the other surfaces of the core. 3. Mass: 8.2g; length: 25mm; width: 20mm, thickness: 14mm; off-white/grey flint; concave striking platform and inverse blade scars on the other surfaces of the core.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
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Record ID: WMID-C4B3A7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixteen knapped flint blades. Length: 16mm-34mm, width: 12mm-18mm, thickness: 3mm-6mm. Total mass: 26 g. Following Bond’s methodology (2004), an analysis of the length/breadth ratio of the assemblage supports a mesolithic or neolithic date.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dudley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C4A778
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nineteen knapped flint flakes/blades with retouch or probable retouch. Length: 15mm-57mm, width: 13mm-32mm, thickness: 5mm-14mm. Total mass: 88g. Prehistoric (Mesolithic – Bronze Age). Following Bond’s methodology (2004), an analysis of the length/breadth ratio of the assemblage supports a Mesolithic to Bronze Age date.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dudley', grid reference and parish protected.